Joanna Bator (born 2 February 1968) is a Polish novelist, journalist, feminist and academic. She specializes in cultural anthropology and gender studies.[2] She is the recipient of the 2013 Nike Award, Poland's top literature prize.
Joanna Bator | |
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 Bator in 2023 | |
| Born | 2 February 1968 Wałbrzych, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Education | University of Wrocław |
| Occupation(s) | novelist, journalist, academic |
| Awards | Beata Pawlak Award (2005)[1] Nike Award (2013) Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2015) Calw Hermann Hesse Prize (2018) |
Life and career
editShe was born in the town of Wałbrzych in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland, to father Janusz Bator and mother Elżbieta (née Borowiecka).[3] She studied cultural studies at the University of Wrocław. She also graduated from School of Social Sciences affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Her doctoral dissertation concerned the philosophical aspects of the feminist theory and discourse relating to psychoanalysis and postmodernism.[4]
In the years 1999–2008 she worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Between 2007–2011 she lectured at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. She also took part in a number of scholarships including at the New School for Social Research in New York and Japan Foundation in Tokyo.[5]
She is known for her keen interest in Japanese culture. Bator's first book on Japan was Japoński wachlarz (The Japanese Fan) written after her two-year stay in Japan.[6]
She has written a number of books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her titles such as The Japanese Fan and Sandy Mountain have received wide acclaim in her native Poland.[7] In 2010, she was nominated for Gdynia Literary Prize and Nike Award for her book Sandy Mountain.[8] In 2013, her novel Ciemno, prawie noc (Eng: Dark, Almost Night) won the Nike Award, Poland's leading literary award.[9][10]
She has also worked as a columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza daily as well as Pani and published articles in such magazines as Tygodnik Powszechny, Twórczość, Bluszcz, Czas kultury and Kultura i społeczeństwo. She has been a member of jury of the Ryszard Kapuściński Award.
In 2014 she was the second Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature[11] at the University of Bern.
In 2015, she became the recipient of the Silver Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.[12] In 2018, together with her translator Esther Kinsky, she was awarded the Calw Hermann Hesse Prize.[13]
Works
edit- Feminizm, postmodernizm, psychoanaliza (Feminism, Postmodernism, Psychoanalysis), Gdańsk, 2001
- Kobieta (A Woman), Twój Styl, Warsaw, 2002
- Japoński wachlarz (The Japanese Fan), Twój Styl, Warsaw, 2004
- Piaskowa Góra (Sandy Mountain), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2009
- Chmurdalia (Cloudalia), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2010
- Japoński wachlarz. Powroty (The Japanese Fan. Returns), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2011
- Ciemno, prawie noc (Dark, Almost Night), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2013
- Rekin z parku Yoyogi (A Shark from Yoyogi Park), Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Warsaw, 2014
- Wyspa Łza (Tear Island), Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków, 2015
- Rok królika (Year of the Rabbit), Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków, 2016
- Purezento, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków, 2017
- Gorzko, gorzko, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków, 2020[14]
- Ucieczka niedźwiedzicy, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków, 2022[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JOANNA BATOR LAUREATKĄ NAGRODY IM. BEATY PAWLAK". Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Joanna Bator". culture.pl. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Joanna Bator". nplp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Aleksandra Boćkowska (6 November 2012). "Joanna Bator: lubię to, co niespodziewane i szalone". onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Joanna Bator". nplp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Is Japan Stranger Than Poland? An Interview with Joanna Bator". culture.pl. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Profile
- ^ "Nominacje 2010 – Proza" (in Polish). Nagroda Literacka Gdynia. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Nike 2013". Culture.pl. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Tadeusz Sobolewski, Michał Wybieralski (6 October 2013). "Nike 2013 dla Joanny Bator za książkę "Ciemno, prawie noc"". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Joanna Bator". Walter Benjamin Kolleg. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis". gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ Natalia Szostak (8 March 2018). "Joanna Bator laureatką niemieckiej Nagrody Literackiej im. Hermanna Hessego. "Cieszę się, że moja proza nie należy tylko do jednego języka"". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Gorzko, gorzko / Joanna Bator". National Library of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "Ucieczka niedźwiedzicy". National Library of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.